New 200 acre site to be built in Hampshire countryside It will be the largest in the UK by 50 acres http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2530974/Solar-farm-UKs-largest-Plans-approved-200-acre-site-able-power-11-000-homes.html
It has recently been announced that ministers in England and Wales have backed down on the issue of farming subsidies being used for the benefit of the environment and wildlife. Ministers wanted 15% of farmers subsidies to be used to Read more
Somewhere far, far to the south where it is summer, a group of global warming scientists are trapped in the Antarctic ice. If you missed the irony of that situation, it is because much of the mainstream media has glossed Read more
By Jane Candlish Angry campaigners claim a new map of windfarm developments in the north does not show the “true threat” of the march of the turbines. Highland Council has produced a graphic detailing every turbine being dealt with by Read more
WESTERN Isles Council approved the development of two wind turbines at Clachan on North Uist against the advice of its own planning department. The Ministry of Defence objected and now Scottish ministers have called in the plan to be considered Read more
Steven Vass Deputy Business Editor NATIONAL Grid is in talks with Perth-based power group SSE over a special electricity supply contract as anxiety mounts about Scottish network capacity when Peterhead power station slashes output next year. The UK’s grid controller Read more
Roger Cox: As VisitScotland’s “Year of Natural Scotland” advertising campaign draws to a close, it’s worth reminding ourselves just how central the unspoiled nature of our landscape has been to these lavishly funded efforts to attract more tourists. Stars of Read more
Shale oil is poised to go international. It’s already happening in Argentina, Australia and China, but the big prize is in Russia’s Bazhenov shale in Western Siberia. http://www.thegwpf.org/russia-frack-oil/